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| - | ====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for OCTOBER 2016 ====== | ||
| - | * October 8 -- First Quarter\\ | ||
| - | * October 16 -- Full Moon | ||
| - | * October 22 -- Last Quarter | ||
| - | * October 22 -- **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory, 7:30 pm to ? Join us! | ||
| - | * October 27 -- General Meeting, Topeka Library, 7 pm. Join us! | ||
| - | ===== PLANETS in October 2016 ===== | ||
| - | Evening Sky: | ||
| - | * **Venus** -- in southwest | ||
| - | * **Mars** -- in south | ||
| - | * **Saturn** -- in southwest | ||
| - | * **Uranus** -- in east | ||
| - | * **Neptune** -- in southeast | ||
| - | Midnight: | + | For sky highlights see: |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in south | + | |
| - | * **Neptune** -- in southwest | + | |
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| - | Morning Sky: | + | |
| - | * **Mercury** -- in east | + | |
| - | * **Jupiter** -- in east | + | |
| - | * **Uranus** -- in west | + | |
| + | [[http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/|Sky and Telescope's Sky at a glance]] \\ | ||
| + | OR \\ | ||
| + | [[http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week|Astronomy Magazine's Sky This Week]] | ||
| - | ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during October 2016 ===== | ||
| - | North to South, at 8-10 pm: | ||
| - | * **Ursa Minor**, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper | ||
| - | * **Cepheus**, the King of Ethiopia | ||
| - | * **Draco**, the Dragon | ||
| - | * **Lacerta**, the Lizard | ||
| - | * **Cygnus**, the Swan | ||
| - | * **Sagitta**, the Arrow | ||
| - | * **Pegasus**, the Winged Horse | ||
| - | * **Delphinus**, the Dolphin | ||
| - | * **Ophiuchus**, the Serpent Bearer | ||
| - | * **Aquarius**, the Water Bearer | ||
| - | * **Capricornus**, the Sea-Goat | ||
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| - | ===== SKY EXTRAS in October 2016 ===== | ||
| - | * Still LOTS of evening planets in October! Check out the planet list above. Uranus reaches its 2016 peak on the 15th, easily visible in binoculars, even visible naked-eye with deep dark adaptation, from extremely dark skies. | ||
| - | * If you're up in the morning twilight October 11, look for Mercury and Jupiter within a degree of each other, just above the eastern horizon. | ||
| - | * Best evening comet should be C/2016 A8 (LINEAR), fairly high in the southern sky, but you'll need a 8" scope...and patience. | ||
| - | * The moon occults Aldebaran the night of October 18-19, from about 12:30 am to about 1:08 am, in our area. | ||
| - | * The Orionids (meteor shower), peak the night of October 21, unfortunately close to the full moon this year. | ||
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